Build Your Authors Alley: A Convention Guide

by Weston Kincade, Brandy Yassa (Editor), Simon Critchell (Illustrator)

Have you ever wanted to organize a lit department or convention? Now you can! Get started today with the help and expertise of best-selling author and Authors Alley founder Weston Kincade. Weston created Cleveland ConCoction’s Authors Alley in 2015. Since then the convention regularly draws thirty active authors to participate annually. Panelists range from Nebula, Hugo, Elgin, Robert A. Heinlein, and Bram Stoker award winners to USA Today and New York Times best sellers. In addition, panel and convention attendance is growing steadily each year. Inside, Weston provides detailed instructions to help you navigate through the process. As an extra bonus, he has opened his toolbox of scheduling templates, emails, newsletters, and a post-convention sales template to easily track your authors’ sales.

Weston has been contacted by conventions states away seeking advice, and other conventions are adopting the model with success. Now it is available to you in this short how-to guide, Build Your Authors Alley . To find your own convention success, pick up Build Your Authors Alley today!

82 pages, Paperback

Published March 6, 2018

About the author

Weston Kincade is a bestselling writer of supernatural mystery and horror novels that stretch the boundaries of imagination, and often genres. His current series include the A Life of Death trilogy and the Priors. Weston's short stories have been published in Alucard Press' "50 Shades of Slay," Kevin J. Kennedy's bestselling seasonal anthologies, and others. He is a member of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and helps invest in future writers while teaching. In his spare time Weston enjoys spending time with his family and friends, fishing, and playing board and roleplaying games like D&D.

To find out more about Weston Kincade, visit http://kincadefiction.com.

Reviews

[James Fadeley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anyone who has so much as glanced at Amazon's book selections knows how extremely competitive the market is. The difficulty of standing out has left many small presses and self-published authors in anonymity. But there is a solution in their local conventions; helping them to connect with new readers and market their brand. A fast read with strong insight about the needs of fan-run conventions, Weston Kincade's "Build Your Authors Alley" is an excellent first step, an off-the-beaten-path approach to marketing that gives the little guys the chance they need.

[Ashtaken · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent resource

Contains a lot of great advice that is usable not only for an Author Alley but could also be used for a writer's conference.